華佗治病
Hua Tuo the Physician
Level 4 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 61 vocabulary words
Source: 《三国志·华佗传》 · Records of the Three Kingdoms, Hua Tuo
华佗是东汉的神医,给人看病不重钱财。
Hua Tuo of Eastern Han healed without regard for money.
两个人病状一样,华佗给的药不一样。人们问他,他说:他们得的病不一样,病在里面的吃汤药,病在外面的敷药膏。
Two patients with the same symptoms got different medicines: one's illness was inside, needing broth; the other's outside, needing a plaster.
他发明了麻沸散,病人喝了不疼了,就能开刀治病。
He invented mafeisan, the anaesthetic, so the pain-free could be operated on.
他还教人学五种动物锻炼身体,叫五禽戏。华佗的医术,到现在人们还记着。
He taught Five Animal Exercises to keep bodies strong. His art is remembered to this day.